Satchel-fastening.



PATENTED JUNE 2'7, 1905. O. E TURNER & R. L. HYMAN.

SATGHEL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31, 190;

fiillim 1 CZZfliZdE .Tmwer Witnesses Inventori NITED STATES PatentedJune 27', 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

UllA RLES EIHVIN TURNER AND ROBERT LOFTON I'IYMAN, ()F MACON, GEORGIA;SAIL) IIYMAN ASSIGNOR TO SAIL) TURNER.

SATCHEL-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,109, dated June.27, 1905.

Application filed August 31, 1904. Serial No. 222,899.

To whom, it III/(L-II/ ('UIMIVI'II/ Be it known that we, Ciunnns EDWINTUR- Ni 1 and Ronuu'r Lorrox l'lYMAN, citizens of the United States.residing at Macon, in the county of Bihb and State of (ieorgia, haveinvented a new and useful Satchel-Fastening, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to fastcnings for satchels, traveling-bags, andthe like, and has for its object to provide improvements in this classof devices wherein projection of the latch member at the inner side ofone of the jaws or frames at the mouth of the bag is obviated,thereby toprevent injury to the hands. &c., in packing and unpacking the satchel.It is furthermore designed to effect a quick locking and unlocking ofthe fastening and to effect a tight locking of the jaws of the bag. soas to obviate looseness thereof.

\Vith these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe novel combination and arrangemcntof parts, as will be hereinaftermore fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may bemade within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings. Figure l is a perspective view of a pairof frame or jaw members of a satchel having the fastening means of thepresent invention applied thereto, the jaws being open to disclose boththe latch and catch members. Fig. is an enlarged detail longitudinalsectional view of a satchel-fastenerofthe presentinvention. Fig. 3 is acrosssectional view thereof. Fig. is a detail plan view of the casingfor containing the latch member. Fig. 5 isadetail view of the spring.Fig. 6 is a detail view of the slidable finger-piece with the latchconnected thereto. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the fingerpiece. Fig. 8 is adetail sectional view similar to Fig. 3 and showing another arrangementof the latch.

Like characters of reference designatccorresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawings.

To illustrate the application and operation of the present invention,there have been shown in the drawings the hinged or pivotally-connectcdouter and inner jaw or frame members 1 and 2 for the mouth of a satchelor traveling-hag. As usual, each of these frames or jaws is in thenature of a metallic angle-bar, with the inner jaw 2 arranged to closewithin the flange of the outer jaw 1.

It will here be explained that the present invention is applicable tothe key-actuated locks as well as to the slidable and hand-operatedcatches usually employed in addition to and at opposite sides of thelock, and a description of the hand-operated catch will first be given.

In carrying out the present invention the outer jaw member is providedwith a longitudinal slot 3. and a casing & is secured to the exterior ofthe jaw, so as to inclosc the slot or opening The back or outer side ofthe casing is provided with a longitudinal keyhole-slot 5, with anotherguide-slot G disposed in substantial parallelism therewith. Upon theback of this casing is a slidable fingerpiece 7 in the form of a hollowcasing or button, from the back of which projects the stem 8 of thelatch, which is movable with the finger-piece and works in the slot ofthe casing and the slot 3 of the jaw or frame 1. As best indicated inFig. 3 of the drawings, it will be noted that the stem of the latch Sterminates short of the outer edge of the flange of the member 1,thereby to avoid a projection at the inner side of the jaw, and theouter extremity of the latch member is provided with a rounded orspherical head 9 to obviate injury to the hands, &c., upon contacttherewith. \\"'ithin the casing is a bowed leafspring 10, having akeyhole-slot 11 arranged reversely to the keyhole-slot 5 of the casing,with the stem of the latch working therein and provided with an annularshoulder 12 at the front side of the spring, so as to bear against theconvex face thereof and draw the finger-piece 7 into frictional contactwith the with its latch 8, are assembled prior to applying the device tothe jaw of the bag, the latch member being first introduced through theenlarged end of the slot 5, said enlarged end being of a size to alsopermit of the passage therethrough of the flared shoulder 12, afterwhich the latch-stem is moved to the opposite end of the slot 5 and thenthrust through the enlarged end of the slot 11 in the spring 10. Theshoulder 12 of the latch is of greater diameter than the width of theslots 5 and 11, and the latter are reversely arranged with respect totheir enlarged ends, so as to prevent accidental outward displacement ofthe latch and its finger-piece 7. The finger-piece 7 is connected to thecasing 4 through the medium of the latch 8 only, while the casing 1 isrigidly connected to the frame or jaw member 1 in any suitable1nanner---as, for instance, by means of terminal lugs or projections 13passed through openings 14 in the jaw 1 and then bent or upset againstthe inner face of said jaw. The linger-piece 7 is provided with aprojection 7 to work in the guide-slot 6 of the casing 4:, so as toprevent rotation of the linger piece and to direct the same in astraight line during its slidable movements.

For cooperation with the latch member a catch or keeper member 15 in thenature of a box or casing is rigidly secured upon the inner side of theinnerjaw member2 and is provided with a keyhole-slot 16 of a size toreceive the outer end of the latch member 8, and thereby lock the twojaw or frame members 1 and 2.

It is of course proposed to employ two fastening devices of thecharacter described, one at each side of the key-actuated lock 17, andit is also proposed to provide said lock with a pair of latch members 8,having terminal spherical heads or enlargements 9" similar to thelatches hereinbefore described, the catch or keeper 15 being similar tothe catch or keeper 15 and provided with a pair of keyhole-slots 16 forthe reception of the respective catches 8.

Instead of mounting the slidable latch upon one side'of the jaw 1 it maybe mounted upon the top of the jaw, as indicated in Fig. 8, wherein isshown an outer jaw l and an inner jaw 2, with a casing L mounted uponthe top of the jaw 1 and having the slidable lingerpiece 7, whichcarries the stem of the latch 8, the latter working in a longitudinalslot 3, formed in the top of the frame and having its outer portionexposed at substantially right angles to the inner portion of the stem,so as to permit of its headed end 9 engaging with the keeper 15, securedto the inner jaw 2, as herein described, and provided with akeyhole-slot 16 for the reception of the headed end of the latch member.It will here be explained that when the latch is mounted upon the top ofthe jaw 1 and is provided with an L-shaped latch-stem there should bespace enough between the flange 2 of the inner jaw and the back of theouter jaw to accommodate the stem, thereby to obviate the necessity offorming an edge notch in the flange 2. In each instance it will be notedthat the catch or keeper and the latch member terminate short of theflanges of the respective jaw members, thereby to avoid projections whenthe satchel is open, while at the same time these members are disposedso as to quickly and effectuallyinterchange when the jaw members areclosed and the latches operated to enter the enlarged end of the slot ofthe catch or keeper and then moved into the opposite end portion of theslot, the head of the catch serving to prevent separation of themembers.

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A fasteningof the class described comprising a casing having a slot in the backthereof, a finger-piece slidable upon the back of the casing, a latchcarried by the finger-piece and projected inwardly through the slot andat the opposite side of the casing, said latch having an intermediateshoulder, a bowed spring titted within the casing and provided with aslot receiving the latch, the shoulder of the latch working over theconvex face of the spring, and a keeper to receive the projected end ofthe latch.

52. A fastening of the class described comprising a casing having a pairof substantially parallel slots in the back thereof, a fingerpieceslidable upon the back of the casing and provided with a guideprojection working in one of the slots, a latch member carried by thefinger-piece and working in the other slot and also projected at theopposite side of the casing, and a keeper for the projected end of thelatch.

3. A fastening of the class described comprisinga casing having akeyhole-slot, a bowed spring within the casing and provided with akeyhole-slot alined with the slot of the casing and disposed reverselythereto, a finger-piece slidable upon the back of the casing, a latchcarried by the finger-piece and working in the slots of the casing andthe spring, the latch having an outer terminal head and an intermediateshoulder insertible and removable through the enlarged ends of theslots, the shoulder working across the convex face of the spring, and 'akeeper to receive the headed end of the latch.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the prseence of two witnesses.

CHAS. EDININ TURNER. ROBERT LOFTON HYMAN. Witnesses:

E. NAT LEWIS, J'. M. DE BORDE.

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